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Yes – 2011 Is the current GSUSA badge

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Our Summary* of Requirements:

1. Sing a song (already created or make your own lyrics to a song) for a specific purpose (lift spirits, ceremony, gathering, OR sharing a message).
2. Celebrate the Girl Scout Birthday in one way (plan a celebration, perform a skit for younger scouts, teach younger scouts songs, plant a tree in honor of Girl Scouts, OR pretend to be an original Girl Scout).
3. Explore Girl Scout Sisterhood (make a time capsule for future Junior troop, invite another troop to Scout’s Own theme of Girl Scout Law, OR look up two old handbooks for two badges and do one activity from one of them).
4. Improve or help an area (adopt a park, solve a problem at school/church/library/neighborhood, OR make a walking tour for the town’s visitor bureau).
5. Explore Girl Scout Traditions with one activity (try a tradition in the past, talk to a Girl Scout Alumni, make a game about or using a tradition and share it, OR do a Dez chain story).

_{^{* – This summary is based off the GSUSA booklet activity choices.}}

Activity Choices

Work in Progress, links may not be available. Check back later!

Available Troop Meeting Plans

• (1) 90 Min Mtg –B/J Girl Scout Way – Halloween Meeting Plan by The Badge Archive
• (1) Mtg – Plan at Earn Junior Girl Scout Badges Blog
• (2) 90 Min Mtgs – Mtg1 and Mtg2 from GSRV (River Valley)
• (2) 90 Min Mtgs – GSUSA Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) free plan
  • Mtg 1: Singing (3 choices), Celebrate (3 choices)
  • Mtg 2: Sisterhood (3 choices), Traditions (3 choices), Better Place (3 choices)
• (1) Virtual Mtg – Slideshow on Google Docs from GSNWGL
• (2) Virtual Mtgs – Part 1 and Part 2 from GSWNY
• Buy Printable Meeting at Teachers Pay Teachers for Growing Girl Scout Helpers

How to earn individually as a Solo Scout?

• Outline w/video from GSofCT
• Google Forms Step by Step Activities (No registration needed) from GSMidTN

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Is there a matching badge for Multi-Level Troops?

Learn about the GS Way Themed Multi-level GSUSA 2011 badges.

Where does this go on the Uniform?

This is a Skill Based Badge and goes on the troop number side of the vest – Click Here to see Junior diagrams and details on where to place it or sash placement.

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GSUSA Information and Details

Other Non-GSUSA Resources

• None Currently Available.

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For More Fun Ideas and Plans

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Click Here -> To see information References:

Disclaimer: The information published on The Badge Archive is built from the references listed below. These sources demonstrate that our content is grounded in facts and research, not opinion or speculation. Readers may consult them directly when looking for additional material.

• Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. “Meeting :  Girl Scout Way 1.” My.girlscouts.org, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., https://my.girlscouts.org/content/girlscouts-vtk/en/vtk.html. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
• Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. “Meeting : Girl Scout Way 2.” My.girlscouts.org, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., https://my.girlscouts.org/content/girlscouts-vtk/en/vtk.html. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
• Roberts, Rachel. Junior the Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting. New York, NY, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., 2011.

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